Example Sentences

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Critics, including Sunday’s protesters, also have berated Hansen for accepting awards from Guatemalan administrations and business-affiliated groups.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2023

And in my early 20s, when we commuted to New York together, I should have berated the men in suits on the crowded trains for not giving up their seats for her.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

"In the last few weeks, several cis patients have berated me for it," Obuobi added in the tweet that prompted the reply from Del Rosario.

From Fox News • Mar. 30, 2022

And by the way, if the fact that they have berated and criticized you means you don’t feel like seeing them at all, regardless of pandemic concerns, that is fair too.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2021

Indeed, but a brief time since I would have berated any friend of mine who would not take the sensible course which would make all happy.

From A Day of Fate by Roe, Edward Payson